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You've got questions, got answers anything under the sun. You want to ask me about talk to me about those I have some expertise in, or some ability to answer you give me a call 866-34-TRUTH 866-34-TRUTH 7884. If you've read one of my recent articles or watch on our recent videos and have further questions or want or challenge me on something I've said or bring up what guest talked about on the air. It is open season. Let's do it again, 86634 is the number to call before we get to your calls. Some very disturbing news from the Middle East world vision course of fine Christian charity helping impoverished children starving children need the men and women around the world for decades now. They are very careful with disbursement of funds. They have various checks and balances to make sure the funds are used appropriately. Well reports are that Israel has arrested and detained a world vision employee working in Gaza and after weeks of detention and questioning. They have said that he is admitted to funneling millions of dollars of world vision money directly into, thus, loss terrorism, yes. I mean, obviously, with this underscores if accurate with this underscores is how evil Hamas is according to the reports this man has been with Hamas for many years but became known to the world vision is someone helping with the poor and the needy, and there are many, of course, in Gaza, in particular because of Hamas policies world vision terribly disturbed by this news have been directly in touch with. In fact there were about to reach out to me to communicate with me about this when I reached out to them right now they do point out that these are still allegations that they have no evidence of this being accurate but obviously there are deeply deeply concerned especially with all of the checks and balances that they have in place. This underscores again how evil Hamas is if if accurate, taking money that was given by Christians around the world to help poor children hurting needy children and instead to funnel that money towards terrorist attacks to create orphans in Israel or families whose own kids are killed in Israel. Hamas's murderous diabolical acts, not whether this is accurate or not and I reading another report from Shrek again this is an Israeli legal Association.

They said they warned world vision about this for several years of they said that they notice to notify the Australian government about this back in 2012, they were convinced that this was happening. This is that the Tel Aviv base civil right-center. Sharad had been so again innocent till proven guilty, but there seems to be strong evidence that this was happening regardless of whether or not this was happening. We know for fact that Hamas channels, millions and millions tens of millions, hundreds of billions of dollars that that come to it to rebuild the infrastructure to rebuild houses and hospitals and schools and apartment buildings. Instead the money is used to build terror tunnels. The money is used to to stockpile weapons, so this is what Hamas does in terms of refugees the Palestinian refugees are the only ones where after generations are still categorized as refugees.

They are not assimilated back into of the culture around them. They are not assimilated into like-minded Arabic speaking Muslim believing culture and the surrounding nations there left is an open sore against Israel, and if I'm correct, they get more money per capita than any other quote refugees in the world. If my memory is correct on that and yet much of the money never reaches that it goes to corrupt leaders like Yasser Arafat, who died like a billionaire when you get that money from ad goes into stockpiling weapons build terror tunnels and the like, to be right back with your questions. You got questions got asked for the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown too much for joining us fire. I'm here to answer your questions anything you been wondering about was the Bible say on this some doctrinal dispute. Maybe something came up in your church.

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Dr. Brown my question involved the meaning of the Greek word here and how it should be read into that baloney verse three gardening, departing departure, the particle departure at 55 the first seven English Bible before 1611.

What does the word being falling away as translated in the King James version of the 11 and later translated to' and rebellion in Martin English version.

Those who believe in a Christian pretrip rupture which I don't always use this chapter in Bertha's reference, I would appreciate your yeah absolutely there is virtually no linguistic evidence in any solid way that would interpret this in terms of a departure as in a rapture of apostasy, a the Greek word there consistently used for rebellion. For example, in Greek in the Septuagint Joshua 2222. It refers to rebellion.

A second Chronicles 2919 the same way it refers thereto transgression. Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 19 it refers to backsliding and there.

There is no question in acts 2121. It refers to forsaking of the law and then second Thessalonians to three. It's deftly speaking of a rebellion so if you look at just a multitude of translations. King James falling away new King James falling away, HCS. B. Apostasy ESV rebellion NIV rebellion NET rebellion NLT great rebellion of the ancient Syriac translated with rebellion. So there there's really no question that that's what it means it's it's a real real weak argument to try to say that that Paul is saying look first. This rapture has to happen in the man of sin is going to be revealed. Why would even say the man of sin is gonna be revealed to us people you happy to see it, so there will be an end time rebellion, apostasy, and in conjunction with that, the revealing of the antichrist and pulsing don't anybody get you upset or worried that that you've missed the day of the Lord because these things have to happen first before that final day for one think that you, the reason why people like Cliff Tyndale, Geneva Bible before I click and why that you were the departing of the reference that you have to look at them, but my assumption would be that was just the old English way of referring to falling away or apostasy number number one note number number one Michael. They certainly didn't believe in the preacher rapture.

We know that for fact they never would've heard of the doctrine of the preacher rapture was absolutely not their theology but just like for example the King James second Timothy 215 study to show thyself approved unto God at work when the need is not the same, rightly dividing the word of truth. While study there in old English simply meant do your best. Strive do your best. It was, not a mistranslation because the Greek says do you do your best to make your best effort to to be a workman that does need to be a shame, rightly handling the word of God but of the word study in an old English had the meaning also strive. Do your best.

So for example in first Thessalonians, with a convinces study to be quiet doesn't mean by a book that teaches you how to be quiet and study it means. Do your best study to show thyself approved unto God is his old English.

That's why I see use of a modern translation as opposed to the King James because you don't know that the meaning of certain words is changed so people so I believe in studying the word. It's a study to shoot us of approved got no self-study music means do your best. So my assumption would be if you look at the older English meaning of the words for departure there. Talk about a departure from the faith. Hence, apostasy, hate, thank you for the call.

I appreciate it.

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According to Israel's Shin Bet security service Mohammed of how lobbyists of the world vision employee but allegedly Hamas operative diverted around $7.2 million of world vision monies. This is money. Christians are giving to help children to help needy ones, poor starving, suffering people -itis world vision does that an exemplary way around the world that he diverted allegedly $7.2 million of world vision money to Hamas each year, which would be the equivalent of 60% of the charity's total funding annual funding for gossip. So let's say there's about 11 million that was was being given to help needy people in Gaza every year. Allegedly, 7.2 million of it was followed to Hamas and according to the report, some one and 1/2 million dollars year was given in cash given in cash to Hamas combat units country statement issued by the Shin baked right friends before we go back to the phones. I saw a couple days. I mentioned this on the air. The other did I mention it again, Rush Limbaugh, the mighty Rush Limbaugh of talk radio fame. The most listen to talk radio host in America, with a massive listening audience. He has re-signed a contract to continue on his stations and the details were not disclosed, but he makes tens of millions of dollars a year beyond the radio and the stations pay for conservative talk radio obviously brings in the box through advertising and other things like that. I don't begrudge him that at all. You like him or not. He's great at what he does works hard at it this if massive difference though between what we doing what rush that's all. In many many ways.

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I have heard from numerous Christian that the antichrist will be the expected Jewish Messiah. In other words, the traditional Christmas I will appear to the Jewish people and be accepted, but he really is the antichrist.

Have you heard this viewpoint and do you believe in yourself.

I've heard it, I'll tell you why it has some plausibility, but I personally question it.

Kate number number one. The Bible does not tell us a lot about this antimissile antichrist figure refers to images is that the man of sin. He is obviously epitomizes one doomed to destruction as the final vessel who is anti-God anti-Messiah, but in that spirit, first John two says the ready are many antichrist because they they also deny Jesus as the Messiah, but in terms of detail. Some point to the book of Daniel, the book of Revelation to try to decipher this just not sure we can decipher clearly so in favor of this view that the expected Jewish Messiah by Jewish tradition likes to be the antichrist in favor of it would be that obviously Jews praying for longing for the coming of the Messiah and they believe he'll be someone here among us, and that he will have these exceptional qualities and little by little, were recognized by what he does while he must be the Messiah. He's taught the ways of the Lord.

He's brought Israel into obedience to the total raw. He is defeating the enemies of Israel.

He's regathering the exiles rebuilt the temple surely this is the Messiah and could he then have sufficient charisma to deceive the whole world that this is possible. It's possible I just don't see that laid out in Scripture. II see Jerusalem coming under great attack at the end of the age is supposed to all of the world submitting to the leader in Jerusalem.

I see great turmoil and calamity out of which God delivers our people and brings us to repentance, so I don't see other things that would line up in that regard, there is the theory that he would be European and allegedly, that would be supported by versus Daniel and Revelation and that again, the question would be why would the Muslim world follow him, or the Jewish will follow him, but he did there have to be some type of role calamity that he now appears as the one who solves the world's problems.

More recently, the arguments that the arguments have been that he will be a Muslim because the Muslims are waiting for a musty redeemer figure of sorts and when he comes. Some have suggested that he could then make some kind of deal he would make a deal with with Israel and with the Muslim world to solicit rigorous surrendered dome of the rocket all ox, a mosque, you can tear them down and you can build your temple. And that's how there would then be the building of the third Temple otherwise is difficult to see how it happened but to be perfectly candid. I Isaac, to me it's all speculation to me. As things get closer will become clearer and will know what we need to know when we need to know it to be dogmatic about any of this or to make any of these things issues of doctrine or issues that we divide over seems to me a very foolish, so an interesting discussion as you raise it yes an interesting discussion. Beyond that, I would just leave it there. Thank you. Doing one more quick question, yet don't go for okay I want Jewish majority of the video that they uploaded last night at enough you watched as well and the rabbi talked about how messianic Jews tend to get out-of-court they reject or allotment, get same time they were kapok. They wear the delete and most of those things are found in rabbinic literature anything out the complete contradiction to know what they're talking about. How would you respond to that every Jew does that. In other words, there aspects of the of oral law that are interpreted one way but one good here. Look at reform Jews with conservative Jews licking Orthodox Jews look at ultra-Orthodox Jews. They all keep different customs and they keep them for different reasons.

So Jesus rejected some oral traditions but accepted others like you went to the synagogue so not all traditions are considered bad, but they're not considered binding. That's that's the difference we don't see the oral law as binding as a traditional Jew would reforms you would say the commandments emotes written Scripture there for guidance, not for governance and conservative views somewhat in between.

Of that, you'll see, say, left-wing or Orthodox we call a modern Orthodox in their often clean-shaven and they don't have the past that I have the cycles and then just the ultra-Orthodox Jews with alongside curls and untrimmed beards and they would look at the others and say you know you're in violation here, so they're going to be disagreements but fundamentally the fundamental difference here is that messianic Jews do not see the oral traditions as binding. So if we find something to be of value or helpful.

Many messianic Jews will follow the custom of burying deceased relative within 24 hours and then sitting Shiva having 70s more they find that to be a good helpful tradition of many will wear a keep because that identifies them in the eyes of others.

As a Jew and helps then tell others you say, I'm still a Jew and built their worship and in the synagogue, they may have a Torah scroll in it, and etc. so there certain traditions that we feel fine with and we have no problem identifying with our people but we don't find the traditions to be binding for many reasons, especially when they contradict Scripture. That's what Yeshua taught. He said that you make void the word of God with your traditions inviting five of answering Jewish objections to Jesus. I lay out quite a few ways with the traditions blatantly contradict the word.

You even have a font of famous Talmudic account were God himself is overruled by the majority of rabbis because the Torah was no longer in heaven, and therefore, it's up to people to decide. You can even overrule God's miraculous testimony and even his heavenly voice speaking. So we are consistent in that regard. If we find a tradition useful, helpful, edifying. It's part of our life and culture as Jews fine if we find a tradition unhelpful. If we find it to distract from true spirituality. If you find it to be contrary to a gospel message. Then we rejected and it's it's really that simple. But the funny thing is, again, even within the different branches of Orthodox conservative reform Judaism. This can be picking and choosing of certain things for various reasons, evidence can have.

The reason for this is how how we work it out so very simple answer to that. I would say thank you very much� Have a great day.

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There we lost a few people, so now's a great time to call again 866-34-TRUTH 87884. Let's go to some email questions out Ralph hi Dr. Brown I love your ministry and books they been a great help to me a request if you do some studying first Corinthians 13 eight through 12 try to really understand with WordPerfect in first Corinthians 1310 is referring to.

I do not believe it refers to completion of the New Testament canon at the end of the apostolic age. Good for you. Ralph absolutely positively not what Paul is talking about in context seems to be referring to the second coming of Christ is a set of the text. I came across Dr. Ricky Roberts, but just wanted spiritual gifts sees rights about the WordPerfect in first Corinthians 1310 quote the idea of the Greek adjective tell us is far more powerful and thought the many understand expresses complete meta-perfection. It is all-inclusive refers to such a flawless data that cannot be described, but what occurs at the rapture, the resurrection and the second advent, the completion of the New Testament canon in Trinity Church, the millennium, all these things showing completeness and perfection because Cinnabon is continued steady professional only exist when sin and bondage are abolished the same Greek adjective is used in the neuter gender. This illuminates Christ will be the perfect referred to here.

That means the perfect state that occurs after the millennium.

The very use of the neuter gender demands of the Greek adjective must be translated perfection as a future eternal state of achievement for creation without sin and evil that has yet to take place. Can you help me understand the meaning of the WordPerfect appreciate your time. Okay Ricky Roberts, of course, with hereby be completely reinforcing the fact that this is not talking about when quote the New Testament canon is completed right so the question is since Paul is saying the tongue's prophecy will continue until a certain point, but we know historically that continued through church history, we know historically that there were prophecies and healings and miracles of through the centuries that they never stop that at times they have laid up in certain parts of the church, but they never stopped in their taking place around the world today in abundance, so no question about that. However, does Ricky Roberts believe that there be tongues and prophecy say during the millennial kingdom that would be somewhat unique concept of in my view, in my opinion, based on this word based on how related words are used say in Hebrews. In my view, he's overstating things because for us as believers. When Jesus returns. We are resurrected and we will be with him forever. When Jesus returns will be resurrected or will be glorified. If were living at that time will be with him forever and there is no sin that will ever deal with.

Again, there is no bondage that will ever deal with again. Yes, if you believe as I do that W millennial kingdom on the earth. Others will be dealing with things in this world that we as believers will never deal with sin ever deal with bondage.

We will not walk by faith anymore.

We will see him face-to-face. We will know as we are known so even with the full sense of what Dr. Roberts is speaking of your based on this quote that you supplied me. It seems to absolutely apply to when Jesus returns because at his return for us. For the believer. That's what he's talking. That's what is tongues, prophecy, these other things. Now that's what we have knowledge but it's limited now when Jesus returns for us.

That's the end of meeting tongues meeting prophecy needing teachers having partial knowledge because then we'll know as we are known we see through a glass darkly an hour or in in in a mirror reflection dimly, but then it will be face to face so I I see no reason not to interpret this in terms of the second coming, so I fully agree with you.

I think Dr. Roberts writes actually reinforces that view rather than takes away from okay since we come back, I'm heading straight to the phone 866-34-TRUTH her plan by the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown, welcome back to the line of fire. 7884 Edgewater Marilyn can look into the line of fire hi how are you doing well.

Thank you for your letter to call.

My question is if you New Testament if you want to and there managerial got a legal ouster that he or wrong unit mailed over and over again. This certainly God's heart is to forgive. Jesus teaches us someone sins against us to forgive them even 70�7. The whole story of the prodigal son is there to tell us that the father is eagerly waiting for our repentance, so that he can welcome us back. So, without a doubt God desires our repentance. God calls us to repent is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. James Jacobs, the fifth chapter says if you see a brother that's turned away from the faith, you can bring them back.

You save the soul from death and cover a multitude of sins earlier in that same chapter. If someone is sick, and the sicknesses due to sin when the elders come and pray for them there healed of their sickness as they committed sins are forgiven.

So that is God's desire, there can be discipline and chastisement or sin can be costly in many ways but God's heart. God's desire is absolutely to forgive. Jesus paid for our sins. That was the expression of God's love and if if I willingly choose to disobey him and refuse him and deny him as Lord and say I'm going to do what I'm going to do God won't stop me committing spiritual suicide, but if I cry out to him for mercy recognize my sin and asked for his mercy.

He will forgive and he will cleanse what what made you wonder What makes you wonder if you'd be inclined to do that. I just heard about like the LA read the book but benign harbinger me.

I believe what the Lord's been trying to tell me you might dictate.

I believe it he doesn't require anything asking except to I may be paraphrasing. Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly right or right that's that's what he calls us if that's what he calls us to do a does require obedience, but because we fall short. He does forgive so he he calls us to walk worthy. He calls us to turn away from sin and with his help perfect holiness in his sight calls us to deny ourselves and take up the cross, but he gives us the help to do it and where we fall short. He cleanses us, he forgives us and he doesn't condemn Jonathan Kohn's book about the harbinger is talk about signs of judgment on America as a nation and there there are there are consequences to our sin as a nation and there are times when God will bring judgment on the nation and there will be times when it's it's too late.

We get to that point of no return of aside as a nation but as individuals. God desires our repentance. God helps us to repent.

God is drawing us back and we need to do is is not fall into either extreme.

One extreme says you're worthless you're hopeless you've messed up God's had it with you.

Goodbye. The other extreme, says hey don't worry about anything God doesn't care about your sin. Jesus really died for one leads to carnality, depression, hopelessness, the other carnality complacency the right understanding is that sin is ugly. Sin is destructive. God calls us to walk in obedience. But he's quick to forgive his long-suffering he's merciful look at it the same way if you had kids you tell your little kids to make sure to to make of their bed in the morning make their bed and brush their teeth and take out you know the garbage. Whatever their chores are and they forget to do it, you'll kick them out of the house. You don't say you're no longer my child say okay I forgive you but if you keep doing that you look at your allowance this week. No, I forgive you. I still love you just the same, but you have to be more responsible. God is going to deal with us the same way.

Also, can I appreciate the call.

Thank you for 866-34-TRUTH. Let's go to Janet in Wilmington North Carolina you're on the line of fire around a corner?

Called you before about the Gander Mountain thing, call, and I really love your ministry. We thank you for what you're doing is why put that out there and also we've got no yearbook collected here and try to read it wrong not logically now I want to call them.

I have an aircraft Jewish, and he starting to see. Now we don't observe any of the pagan holidays after elderly didn't like that all he got to the neighbor out there has been in marry him and her spine is married to a Jewish woman and she said you cannot put that magnet on the low effect on back door without great, my husband, but upfront about that what your thoughts on that. All he could develop you question is perfectly fine to do it if he wants to is the reason you can't do without a Rabbi.

Note that your you are you are not.

He's not trying to live as a rabbinic GU and rabbinic authority and do everything exactly as the rabbis require. It's perfectly fine for him to put it off. If he wants to. If it's meaningful if it gives them a thought about about a written mining of the law of God when he comes in and out of the house. That's fine, or Christian way we observe those kind of tradition yet as long as you don't do it in a binding way it's perfectly fine and by the way, the reason that that rabbinic Jews put it up at an an angle is because there was a debate should be straight up should be in which way should it be in because there is no solution to the debate they put up at them at an angle. The note just don't worry about it. Your your free you're not under rabbinic authority and nothing to worry about or think twice about okay, I thank you for the kind words. I do appreciate it all right. Let's go back to the phones in Des Moines Iowa carry welcome to line of fire. Hello how are you doing well. Thank you very different questions.

You know you're probably familiar with some of the modern or more recent denomination. You have a claim to have a profit, leading their denomination and I just wondered what your opinion is on them and are deeply there are modern day prophet that did you like the Mormons they claim to be led by apostles and prophets were receiving the revelation about doctrine or just another charismatic or Pentecostal group that believe that they have no prophetic leadership like yeah like the Mormon or Adventist or Jehovah witnesses. Yet those those are those cults to the extent that the Seventh-day Adventist follow Ellen White rather than Scripture. That's our Jehovah's Witnesses don't think have prophets, Mormons do, I do believe that there are prophetic people in the body today that the gift of prophecy still operates, but it's not for doctrine, it's not for revealing foundations of Scripture is to edify and sent to guide and to encourage them to rebuke, but those that claim to be led by groups that are getting new revelation know this is new doctrinal revelation or the Holy Spirit is not speaking something beyond what the Bible speaks of that's dangerous and it's to be avoided wholeheartedly. Thanks your you're very welcome. All right, 86634 is the number to call a little blowing Iowa Lindsay, thanks for calling the line of fire around how are you doing well. Thank you, I've never come to hear about radio shall make that kind I know now, I like to get your I grew up in the Lutheran Church Irma Graham. Church and now I knew Keith and that I know of that story and an I don't remember what kind I expected him at night.

There and I got into my teenage years and I started on living a different type of lifestyle with alcohol and I got really deep into my addiction.

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All right, let's get back Lindsay in Iowa right so Lindsay raised the home and then as you get older start to go the way of the world. So back to you okay my alcohol lead.

And now I look at it.

I think Mark that night on I think that number, about 5 1/2 years ago at program started working for my fate again but I treat them like I would stay a culture Christ can or I didn't take it seriously and tell about last year when I feel like I was reborn. No looking back and I just like to get your feedback. You may not. It kind of a silly question, but looking back I wondering what I have been a book or any of that.

When I searching for God and working pretty and or do you think it happened when I feel like I was reborn and started taking it seriously right. Obviously, on the one hand, it's speculation and it's all more speculation from me not being inside of your heart and mind over this time. But let's say why it's not just abstract it's it's good to be able to know that you knew that you knew that it a certain point in time you pass from death to life, that a certain point in time God really became your father and you knew that you knew that your sins are forgiven us. Sometimes people who were raised in the faith can do that and that's great. In other words as far as I remember. They always love the Lord as far as I remember they were raised to believe they put their trust in the Lord and they didn't have a distinct born-again experience, but they want in the world and and they that's just the way that they grew up in the Lord, others as children see you when I was 10.

That's when I prayed with my daddy and that's what I believe. My sins were forgiven, but only God knows what was happening in your heart and for me when I came to faith in late 71 there was a time from November 12 to December 17, of God working deeply in my heart and becoming to know about December 17. Certainly the point of surrender, but it could have been a few weeks before that I was saved and just God taking me deeper but certainly not for November 12.

I wasn't in your case, it's it seems to me as if the seeds were planted when you were a child, but they they had not really taken root yet, so that the foundations were being laid for the house was really not built yet and that's why you had to search rather than go back to the foundation that had been solidly built up.

In other words, there are people who are in your situation, but they really did know the Lord is children and then they straight and the whole time straying. They kind of knew all right God's pulling me back. I'm doing the wrong thing and then when they said, Lord, I'm done with fighting. I'm done with writing. They surrendered, they went back to the face of their childhood, but it seemed that when you saw to do that you had to search and find it because it wasn't really there and subs. Yeah. And the nice thing is though to know that you know that you have the witness of the Spirit in your heart now and the proof of new life and in your heart. Now that's the biggest thing but again just my speculation based on what you're saying you had the seeds planted when you were younger you didn't really come to the Lord until last year. The good news is you know him now. Yeah I you like and and I way I think the vacation I think would be the word you have content. I feel like they don't exactly know what I'm doing anything get in the wired, neck pain at my life that it and I try to obey anything before, but you have anything to add on trying to lead at think to find life. Yeah, I'd like to send you a free copy of my book go and sin no more, call to holiness that will further incentive that will layout with the word says about holiness that will show you how to live free from condemnation, and empowered by God's grace. So that's what I'd like to add because rather than take a minute or two. This way I can take a few hundred pages so Lindsay are dart stay right there. Betsy is going to get your your address and will send you a copy of go and sin no more.

As our gift and keep growing in grace and remembering the same love that safety was the love that keeps you all right for all of our friends listening in Charlotte North Carolina greater Charlotte, North Carolina.

I got a new video, I encourage you to watch it. Just talk directly about what's happening in the Charlotte schools as during the summer break the school board enacted a radical bill complete violation of statewide HB two and they claim Woodson corresponds with other federal law, but it is a radical transgender activist Bill, how radical teachers can't refer to kids as boys and girls in the school. Yeah, that's how radical and if a 15-year-old boy says he identifies as a girl, then he can be part of the girl sports team or partaken of the girls activities and share the locker room and shower stall madness. This is societal madness itself. The kid is generally struggling but not impose societal madness on the home and that will will have a Tammy Fitzgerald from North, Carolyn values coalition, join us on Monday to give us an update to talk about important school board meeting Monday night, but based on Supreme Court ruling that has put on hold. A lower court ruling say that a boy who identified as a grown Virginia school could use the girls room etc. by 53 decision, which is significant with the current makeup of the Supreme Court.

Presumably it would've been 623 63 with with Justice Scalia being alive and with nine members of the Supreme Court, but because of that decision. They have said okay we are really going to the school board superintendent and Clark of Charlotte Mecklenburg schools said okay we put this on pause now because of the Supreme Court ruling will put this on pause so were knocking to go ahead with with all of the transgender activist Bill but there are parts know that there still going ahead with and that in the name of the anti-bullying of Eastern Australia openly said to stop and with the league would start to push our agenda through reuse.

Bullying is visited Trojan horse to get our agenda and what we teach our kids be kind to everyone. Be nice to everyone. If you see a kid picked out or marginalized reach out to that kid and show that kid.

Love and fight him home fight them over for lunch one day we get to know and love on that kid is the caller consisted is that you sent a follicular lot on the same time.

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So as as I've been reading through the Old Testament these days and just looking at the two truths of human responsibility and God's sovereignty, watching how Israel makes choices and how God judges Israel or blesses Israel, according to choices made and how God works in history to raise up one or put down another according to his sovereign purposes been asking myself okay. What about the sovereignty of God in the elections today. The fact that we have Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump is our primary candidates wasn't mean and is is God doing something in the midst of that or is there a lesson for us in the midst of that certain article about it last night. You can read it and asked Dr. Brown.org latest articles and I raised the possibility some of the think about those that talk about God is raising up Donald Trump and who use them as a Cyrus someone who didn't know the Lord noted no Lord God used him to bless the Jewish people, people of Israel of say no he's being raised up as Nebuchadnezzar is going to judge the people of Israel.

In this case, meaning that the church are the people of God. Then I spoke about this possibility. What if God raised up Donald Trump to defeat the Republican candidates who could have easily beaten Hillary Clinton because it's God's will that Hillary Clinton becomes president as judgment on America because the church is still asleep after eight years of radical pro-abortion, pro-homosexual activism and attack on religious liberties and all the other problems we have in America.

The church is still complacent largely asleep that the it's something to think about it is speculation. In that respect. But check out the article think you find it interesting. I am here to answer your questions today. Any question under the sun. You want to ask me. I'll do my best to answer 866-34-TRUTH it's 866-348-7884. Let's start in Boston, Massachusetts, welcome to the line of fire was There skiff is gone. I we go to Charlotte, North Carolina Bernice Walker line of fire Pro yes you are on the air.

Bernice well hello dark brown I work with them to your radio show it when we went in America commander called in about the black and he was going on, occurring more art little more.

I'm a black woman like no but one thing that I know is I spoken my church Sunday that and let people know thing about color and nationality is really got to go and make absolutely no electrical: the devil and I don't care what nationality you are people at a rate that the but I know what God thinks? Lord shall not inherit the kingdom of heaven, and from directly, inducted to return.

Now, when the man asked. Goes back to his family. I will spirit goes out of my body at the deck goes back to the deck so I don't know what why people issue about this, think, especially if you're Christian you have a lot of them back yet. The whole idea of this this argument that the original Jews were black and that people like me to be Caucasian that were not actually Jews, obviously. Historically there their implications with that all kinds of issues, but when it becomes a spiritual battle doesn't matter if Jesus was Asian. If Jesus was black. If Jesus was Hispanic.

If Jesus was Native American of Jesus was Caucasian. Does that matter. And it doesn't matter for us spiritually. If our skin color is no perfect this it is no, not at all so I'm with you hundred percent it splits major on the major.

If someone has erroneous teaching Dorothy erroneous pellets exposed college major on the majors that I love.

Thank you Bernice. The line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution.

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I am all for discussing racial injustice ethnic injustice inequality.

I'm all for that. I'm all for saying hey give me your perspective on life in this world.

Let me give you my perspective on life in this world because we all have blind spots.

I'm all for that. But to make a spiritual argument based on skin color to bake make a spiritual argument based on ethnicity is completely misguided. I do believe that every race brings something special.

I as I travel around the world administering different countries being back in Korea last week I got up to speak on Sunday morning and before I spoke.

The Korean brothers and sisters all just came forward few hundred people means a small meeting. They all came forward and they began to sing in Korea and God bless you.

I think I may have mentioned this on on Monday but almost broke down crying a minute instantly cheered up because suddenly I was. I remembered the many wonderful meetings have been in Korea where we would have doesn't literally several dozen meetings in a week. I would preach day and night and day and night and we pray and we cry out together and it was it was just it. It was just extraordinary and that the tears which shed together the intersession together the love they'd express towards me and any anyway. Anyway, all that. All that being said, when they got up to saying I just was immediately touched the times and in the is so precious and the different nations.

I believe there's something precious and unique that each nation brings in that sense when I'm in say a black gospel church there tends to be much more response to the message, the culture, the kind of talks back to my love that I much prefer that to the setting in many white evangelical churches each.

Each group has its unique qualities and things like that.

Yet we bring that it's like the food court at the mall except all good food preacher like that all healthy food were each ethnicity has there has what they bring to the mix in its special and it's wonderful. However however that is very different from saying well I will argue that the Israelites of the skin color that skin color that Jews of the skin color that's and can make that into a spiritual issue.

That's not the issue. Now there is there is a breaking news footage of cops shooting a black teenager who was reported for stealing a car, and after he shot there there kicking him and angering and using profanity.

Is there of calling them names and that he later dies from his gun wounds now they've immediately been suspended by Chicago police and this is something that of course is going to create outrage and concern about injustice and is it white on black or black on white fine have those discussions and let the church lead the way in racial reconciliation.

That's very different so then someone try to argue that Jesus was black and Paul was black and Moses is black and if you don't believe that your nerves. Of course there's no evidence for that.

This once again they they world they were middle eastern as opposed to Negro. They were Caucasian. They were Negro but whoever is fine. It doesn't matter if they if they were Caucasian. Is there and even if there when ever that's fine. We relate spiritually not not ethnically 866-34-TRUTH. I let's try to reconnect with Skip in Boston walking to the line of fire will skip year. Dr. Brown, how good go ahead sir, yet I want to talk about Jesus returning okay and I think that a lot of confusion, a lot of turmoil in the world because the were waiting for something better that there's no point in waiting for the responsibility was given to each of us and you have taken on their responsibility and and done it to you the best of your ability and until we recognize the fact that we have the ability to do those things those things being love our neighbor love I felt about God where not stepping up to the plate and everyone is always preachers all these churches that I'm not being critical here. First off criticism doesn't get us anywhere. I'm just trying to offer some insight. I like the saying that we put too much emphasis on the return of Jesus rather than doing what were supposed to do that were waiting for him to come in and press the magic button and that's the end of the age, as opposed to us being responsible up the event that we say two things in response that skip it and I appreciate what you're saying and not coming at it from a critical angle first. We are long for his return. In other words, it's a mess of fallen world and we are only passing through. So even if we here for a thousand generations. It's our eternal home before God changes and renovates everything, and therefore we we long for his return to so much pain so much suffering that the only antidote for the sin and corruption of the world. The final answer those the return of Jesus and want to be with him. We want to be with him. We long to be with him face-to-face. We long for that. That's healthy.

But we can also speed his return to court in the second Peter three by living holy and godly lives so we must, yes, we must give ourselves to the great commission, making the gospel known to all the world. We must give ourselves to loving God and loving our neighbor. We must give ourselves to the salvation of the Jewish people.

We must give ourselves to striving for unity in the faith overseas. These are important things for the whole body and we have our responsibilities as we carry those out with God's help and grace. We can literally speed the return of the Lord. So just waiting as if he's going to come and rescue us. There is a him we used to sing. The church gets a hold the fort. If I am coming, Jesus whisper still will hold the fort with which we will advance into the world and touch a dying world hey Skip thank you for the call. I appreciated 866343 go to Winston-Salem North Carolina. Kim walking to the line of fire.

Dr. Brown shares. Peerage are taking care of the orphans and widows, church downstream.

Also on abortion where it teaches that children not American) when the devil is region habit oh orphans that are set by the question here are just big deal about what you would be considered particular interest in the but God allow and commanded Saul to do the site. So while at that because it is good. A lot of the church downstream.

Also on the board and not.I love you questions can. Thank you. The first let's recognize that we can do best. In other words, we should care about widows and orphans should be involved with that in the church historically has been donates money and in fact while we talk about abortion a lot I would dare say that we give more money to help the poor and to help the needy around the world than we give time and energy to combat abortion. We talk about abortion. A lot can, but we do very very little about it honestly. So we need to do both and there is a growing adoption movement. Many in the pro-life camp are strongly pro-adoption, but we need to do both and as far as abortion, there is the horror of the slaughter of these lies in the womb.

And it does create a larger culture of death and it has many, many other implications in a ripple effect through the society now in the Old Testament God hated the shedding of the blood of babies when they were sacrificed to mullah little children and babies know those little children and babies we assume went to heaven as well. Just like an aborted baby yet God still hated it and judged Judah and Israel for as far as the command to Saul.

He was called to kill the Amalekites who were pagan idol worshipers who had been guilty of attacking Israel previously, and because of that, God said they will be judged for it so they were enemies of Israel enemy combatants and unfortunately it made their whole family liable with them. Otherwise, if you look in the Torah if if your enemies oxen wandered over by you.

You how to bring it back to him even if it was your enemy and Proverbs 25 says if your enemies hungry freedom if he is thirsty, give them something to drink. So even within the Old Testament was teaching of being kind to one's enemies.

But there were times of certain people be the only people in the history of the Old Testament after the conquest of Canaan that God management Co. that was the Amalekites and for Samuel 15 to be wiped out, but that goes back to Exodus 17, they attacked Israel and God said they will be blotted out, so they were not innocent or guilty break questions. Thank you so much error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown.

Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown Joy FM is what got answers on the quantifier. Thank you Dr. Brown recently on the radio program I was hearing her quite a bit of discussion concerning is that you haven't fixed a good 30% of all shallot down with the lamb for discussion with the wedging that the original Hebrew say, as it should be the Y instead of the wall and the related that all the different Bible translations have changed. The bank were not for the bottom of the benefits found right� That was well Dr. Brown to buy it� Go to answer questions that are which is the right word is all for it. Why it's healthy for you and I'm only lasting beep beep because the what will obviously happen is is somebody just forgot. Was I once quoted that the line will lie down with the lamb many years ago, and a friend of mine said it's it's Wolf thought so sit it's us it's a misquote. People misremembered it but the, the, the Hebrew, there is no question save is this the is Wolf lineup, not a lion is the lion's mention lobe that later on. There is yeah so that there's no question I'm looking at the Syria excuse me, the, the aromatic and it's that it's the same word it's it's Wolf they're looking at the Greek same word Wolf there so the original Hebrew text, the ancient translations into Greek and Aramaic.

They all say Wolf and that's why every translations as well. So all is somebody misremembered they thought it was lion and it was actually Wolf.

They just got it wrong and this is what is popular.

Things that gets quoted enough times people misquoted. That's all it happen there so 100% false your suspicion. There was absolutely right, Sir, this is Wolf Wolf lie down with the lamb, not the lion in the lives of hate. Maybe there will be lines that lie down, collapsed. Okay that's that's not the point.

But with the provinces. Here is the will fly them with light medicals on the calf and the young lion and the fatling together okay and that it also says the cow and the bear shall graze the young shall I dance you and the lion shall eat straw like the ox of lines mentioned a couple times, but it's Wolf Wolf, no question. All right, 86634 let's go to Raleigh, North Carolina Casey, welcome to the quantifier. Dr. Browner Henry noted like I'm blessed.

Thank you are you are question I joined an all-black church here in Marion Raleigh 25 years of a lot is a lot man my a lot about joint and we did great work there. We were all accepted by much.

Everybody that that kind of church there. We were treated very very very much respect been and I don't regret anything that I did and ended the 25 years. There are no other church now, but my two-part question is during those years. I had a lot of people tell me that I might not be biblically correct what I tried to say that we should all get together and worship God together instead of having the black church is a once outbound in the watcher is on the other end are grounds for that was that in the Bible. There's a lot of separation. God even told his people do not have anything to do with certain other rations on the earth and even in the New Testament the Samaritans and Jews would not get together. They were definitely not permitted to all: you know, relate or marry a second part of the question is how do I answer people when I say well you know the Bible says that you know that there's a separation and God made a distinction in the righteous, and we need to leave it alone.

Is that true when you delete it like it is my see here is that those very sentiments or are they get it. Sentiments that those very sentiments trying to use the Bible to support the separation of the races that those sentiments are based on bigotry and racial hatred.

The separation is to be between the world and the church separation is between believers and unbelievers. When God says to commodity separately doesn't mean be separate races he means be separate from sin he means be separate from the sin of the world as far as evangelism we go into the world as far as sin, we come out of the world. So those arguments are completely bogus.

Moses married a Cushite woman the best.

We understand that would be an Ethiopian woman. You definitely have intermingling you have Bruce from more of who was a Moabitess, joins the people of Israel, and David is descended from her autonomy, different color there, but the different race and she joins the people of Israel. So there's no question whatsoever that there can be the joining together of any two believers, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, doesn't matter as long as we are in Jesus and in that respect.

In that respect, the ethnic barriers disappear, and even the idea of Judah being superior to Gentile that disappears in Jesus we are all equal. There's no cast system. There's no class system.

Now it's great for each ethnicity to bring its unique contribution into the body and for those things to be celebrated but to have biases that divide us. The fact that the Jews and the Samaritans were together was a negative thing that was not that was a good thing.

That's why Jesus reaches out to the Samaritan woman and breaks down some of those taboos Peter bringing the gospel to the Gentiles breaks down the taboos.

It doesn't mean that sinful behaviors accepted gay activists try to say yeah look asked 10 of the taboo between Jew and Gentile is broken down. Now it's been broken down between heterosexual and homosexual loan all your time. I conduct retirement behavior you're talking about holiness and sin, when it comes to homosexual practice and and and living chaste heterosexual lives.

But when it comes to the races. There is zero in Scripture, not a verse that says that the races must remain separated, and there are examples of interracial marriage in Scripture and interethnic marriage in Scripture and our goal, according to Jesus in John 17, the great goalie pray for was our unity in Jesus. Now it's it's fine if a particular group enjoys meeting together as a group. In other words, let's say your Korean church and a lot of the people there like the Korean customs and they like to have Korean meals together and that they they like to sing certain hams and not all the people know English fluently so they meet as a Korean church that's fine when it's it's fine to do these things, especially when language is an issue, but ultimately we should have citywide meetings we all come together. We should have joint prayer meetings. We all come together and to ask the extent that the church can reflect the community. So what is the church of Raleigh was a trip to Raleigh look like with its multiethnic and multiracial in Jesus 15 pity people think the way these other folks think all right will write back.

It's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 86643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire is my Friday take questions and any subject. When asked me about Weber my joy to do my best to give you solid biblical answers so I did a video we just posted it.

Andy Griffith has the answer to the entitlement mentality. I think you will really really enjoy it and young people who never seen Andy Griffith this this'll really give you a good understanding of what made the show so special and so wholesome compared to some of the TV today but check out my latest video Esther Gibran ask ADR Brown.org got a really interesting woman interacting with the guy claims to be gender fluid and what this means for our kids schools and my latest article which deals with the question of Donald Trump Hillary Clinton God's sovereignty in the presidential elections very interesting. 86634 let's go to Erica in Bay Area California. Thanks for calling the line of fire and Brown are you doing well. Thanks. I don't think you are long time here very with language is all in the Bible and friend and she's really comparing because she is afraid that she and I was picked by Matthew 1200 research, but I think shake it up on the passage, which is that every idle word for her.

She made her calm and offhand comment that was again irreverent. Something like that, though she built like that what you meant by that. I yeah boy I my heart goes out to folks who struggle in that way because sometimes the matter what you tell them their conscience is so sensitive they feel so easily condemned that you might, left the thing off and heard keeps her up at night so let's let's deal with two separate issues. Okay. Matthew 12 that will have to give account for every idle word that we speak from our words will be justified by words will be condemned and the question of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Obviously, the blessing of the Holy Spirit is not speaking idle word that's one of many sins for which Jesus died and many throughout the New Testament were were told to turn back to the Lord where there is sin, though the Corinthians spoke divisively were guilty of other things. So Paul's counsel is that they turn in repentance first John one is explicit to say we think we don't have sin, then there were deceived rather if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So I encourage her friend to really read through first John I chapter into beginning the second chapter particular restaurant to to write these things to you so that you may not sin by if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous soap were called to live holy lives we fall short. We ask God to forgive us and cleanse us and he does. Jesus even tells Peter if a person sins against you for hundred 90 times a day and and says, I repent, forgive them, so the same with us in the Lord, how much more the Lord.

So yes we we take word seriously. Yes we we want to weigh the words that we speak.

But every one of us at one time or another is spoken, something that we regret something that was at a place something that was not loving so that may have been irreverent, something that may have hurt another person or been foolish and we ask God to forgive us and he does, otherwise the blood of Jesus has no power of the blood of Jesus can't forgive other words that are spoken with power does it have Jesus is simply telling us to be careful of what you say you give account not account for salvation, but account for our lives dealt what about the blasphemy of the spirit will come right back and take that off. Join Dr. Michael Brown, along with messianic Jewish pastor Scott Melvin for unique behind the scenes tour of Israel. February 25 through March 6, 2017.

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I will write down Erica. The question that your friend wondered about that she blaspheme the spirit that's that's something that that were asked about many times because it's a dreadful thing when Jesus says that every sin is committed will be forgiven, but not that it's an eternal sin. So one has to ask what could be that great that major and could you imagine could you imagine that that God is given us a roadmap right and there is one turn. If we miss this one turn were going to crash and burn everyone in the car is going to crash and burn in this turn. You can't even hardly see minutes. Spread even marked and in English like 2 miles an hour you drive right past it now though obviously not there be warning after warning after warning after warning in danger signs so the blasphemy of the spirit is a very severe sin and what is it mean to blaspheme the spirit you you are speaking evil of the Holy Spirit and in a very severe way and in Mark three. That's right prefer to go marks the third chapter, Jesus addresses it, and we have a hint, there that tells us exactly with the blasphemy of the spirit is Jesus says whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness is guilty of eternal sin, for they the religious leaders were saying.

He has an unclean spirit.

In other words, they were knowingly attributing the works of the Holy Spirit. These were Jewish leaders that were fully accountable. They were knowingly attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil, which meant they were hardening their heart that severely against God, that they were willing to attribute the Holy Spirit's work to the devil knowingly not in ignorance, not unbelief knowingly because Paul said that he was forgiven for heated as a Jewish religious leader when he was because he did it ignorantly and in unbelief. He said he was a blasphemer and yet he was forgiven. Why because it was ignorance and unbelief. Where is here, the sin is so severe that there is no forgiveness. So unless your friend has willingly and knowingly attributed the works of the Holy Spirit to Satan.

She is not blaspheme the spirit and if she had blaspheme the spirit. Her heart would be so hard the last thing she would think about is God, the less concern she would have about was be right with God because her heart would be that hard that she would've fully rejected. You know you are here you wanting out on a great guy cover your okay right. Let him. I think about yet is that's why say that my heart goes out to people struggle because I assume that you try to help her and she still struggling this a stronghold in her mind that has to be broken. That's a lie that she's leaving has nothing to do with what's written in the Bible is nothing to do with what Scripture says it has to do with a lie. That's tormenting her about what Scripture says may I suggest that my book the grace controversy. I just came out couple months ago I deal with 12 common questions about grace, but I lay out, and if the extraordinary nature of God's grace that the beauty of God's grace, the forgiveness that we have wall then talk about some errors because of the opposite extreme of what your friend is going through. The idea that no matter what we do, no matter how we live, there are no consequences. So I deal with that error in the book. I really lay out the meaning of grace, the forgiveness we experience through grace the new life we have through grace and maybe that would help her, but you gotta pray with her that this is this tormenting lie would be broken because again it's a misinterpretation of Scripture being used to torment her in the matter what you're telling her in terms of the right interpretation.

She's not seeing it so it's a spiritual stronghold that needs to be addressed. Thank you are you are very welcome and thanks for being a long-time listener Erica. Much appreciated. Lord I pray for this dear woman that you help her that you deliver her from his torment that she be reassured of your love for Erica's friendly, pray in Jesus name, 866340 we go to Dallas let's go to Mesquite, Nevada Thomas, welcome to the line of fire. Hello hello.

I've got a question about the end times and how to reach entrepreneurs. I haven't studied it a whole lot that Matthew 24 and first and second Ghanaians always been pretty clear to me when I mentioned person asked me about PostScript� But strip not shown second Ghanaians to and it just seemed to bounce off of any said that that can't be right because that was right, you would know the day that she is coming from Daniel's product. I really didn't know how to respond. Yeah, no one is the day of the hour that was supposed to know the times and seasons correct pulses in first Thessalonians 5 that the coming Lord is is like a thief in the night for the world because we know the times and the seasons. See, here's where he's getting it wrong. He's thinking that you'll be able to say okay if the answer crisis reveal with each relations begun it, but we okay, here it is this day. Therefore Seven years exactly this date we count three and half years. That's was getting wrong. In other words, you can be able to know exactly okay when tribulation started well today.

No, I think 35 years ago was a good start. Yet it is lucky to be some precise thing and then you count from that to the exact hour and day. But you certainly should know the times and the seasons I was false on the Thessalonians 1st and second Thessalonians 1. He's telling them that they will receive rest when at one point when Jesus comes in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who don't know God, so they will receive rest when Jesus returns in judgment not at some secret rapture event where were allegedly caught out disappear waiting for his appearing. Waiting for his revealing, waiting for his coming. All of those referred to when he literally returns to this earth in a public way.

That's what everyone sees him. We are caught up to meet him and we escort him back to earth as as he comes down in the clouds with his literal coming but again the simple answer is number one. The there's no evidence that will be able to say okay well here's the reveal on this day at this hour. Therefore we count exactly from there seven years of three and half years and that's when we know Jesus is returning no, you could argue there could be an argument about years.

Either way, so that's the first thing the second thing is there are verses that point to a seven year period or three and have your proof of those could also be symbolic there in symbolic visionary passages like the book of Revelation. Therefore, I don't know that there is a specific seven year tribulation. At the end of the age. I know that Jesus said in this world you will have tribulation.

I know that John writing from Patmos that I'm your brother in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, many scholars say the period of tribulation is from from the cross and resurrection till the end of the age so his his argument is based on a few wrong assumptions but the biggest wrong assumption is the idea that you'll be able to say on this day the Antichrist was revealed. We have exactly this many days until the second coming. We figure out exactly trust me is not can happen like that and prophecy almost never unfolds in that kind of way. You can label it.

Even Daniel nine. So were looking back at what happened in history from from the, the, the going forth of the word, the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem scholars have all kinds of debates about when that date is some putting in the 500s BC and some putting it in the limit for hundreds BC there's a lot of debate that happened in history and there's still the debate on exactly when it begins. But what's clear is the overall sense of something is going to happen, which did happen and this is the endpoint and the endpoint is is also clear so I appreciate the argument but doesn't stand up, I'll try to relate to. Do you see revelations 20 verse four and five pretty good evidence of a post-trip. We talked about people know not receiving the mark but there are resurrected Daniel, yet it could certainly be used, to argue that they been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus.

The word of God not worship the beast so that saying they were here. These believers were here right through tribulation. The only thing is, someone might argue yeah well that's just specifically about those who got saved during the tribulation, but it doesn't say that this is not saying they got say that is much as they didn't yield so it leans in that direction for sure it supports it dismissively promoted, but does support slightly with you. I really like verse five the first resurrection.

Yes, exactly. So the first resurrection. Unless you can spread it out between rapture and then post tribulation resurrection of the head at St. yeah good point. I agree with Mr. Wright that I file the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown thanks for joining us answers and I mentioned this to the date I repeat this for moment because I want you here so that you can be involved.

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Thank you Dr. thank you for your ministry. I was listening a couple minutes ago to a lady described girlfriend challenged with thinking she is blocking the Holy Spirit and I had gone through similar difficulty in infected gotten to the point of strength take my own life. Find an answer.

You know and know for certain that that I was secure in Christ and you went back and forth. There is different pastors, different people trying to find an answer that was conclusive and that Kenneth told me you know well, you know, can you name the date you accepted the Lord, you know, if I look back and try to stand on that. But in the whole question of whether it was just you emotional time or whether real or whether it really meant decision to follow the Lord, you know it, it didn't really answer the question didn't really solve the problem.

Only and ultimately you know I had to get to the place where I dealt with, you know, first John chapter 2, where itbit by this, but we know that we know him. If we keep his commandments and whether salvation is eternally secure, or whether it's not you know whether I blast in the Holy Spirit whether I didn't know my faith, my enduring faith unit needs to be there needs to be an example of of action and my faith. And if I don't see you know my faith working itself out. If I don't see there being fruit from the uniform. I suppose the faith. You know, then there's something to question no weight with the reasonable understanding of the fact that I must document yes I struggle. I struggled and went up all that is described in and around seven sister Kristin just asked to this. This is very important how you tormented with thoughts that you would blaspheme the spirit years but probably 10 years old and you're saying that people touch with the promises of God and forgiveness and somehow it didn't help you. What helped you say okay this is the confidence we have that that we know the Lord, that we keep his commandments, and you were able to work that through the circuit. It is an imperfection. I may fall short, but my lifestyle is characterized by keeping his commitment some seeking to do his will. So let's first first ice. I'm so glad to hear that you're on the other side of that because I know people are struggling for years and a spoken word to them and and and synthesis and seem to get in because that stronghold in their mind. So we've only got about a minute and 1/2, but you many people would feel all the more condemned because they saddled perfectly keep his commandments. How was it you were able to recognize okay I'm not perfect but my life is different and I am seeking to follow the Lord. Therefore, I belong to him is not blaspheme the spirit. How we able to receive that which you just couldn't receive forgiveness for anywhere that you fell short.

I think ultimately I had to determine what it actually meant enough for me to be keeping the commandments of Christ what you know. I'll call struggle what you went through in Romans chapter 7, you know, he obviously was not doing it all perfectly. He obviously was not you know walking away that you never felt, but there was you that you know in in his forget the exact wording, but it talks about you and his inner man.

He kept the commandments of Christ. He was he was desiring to do what God wanted. It was important to him and you had mentioned you know, or someone is mentioned by the example of by the fact that it's important by the fact that it bothers you, you know there's something going on this site didn't matter to you if it didn't matter to you, but I think that would be more current. But yet lately that the tragic thing is that somehow that reality didn't help.

You know, because it did matter to those 10 years that you are tormented, but thank God you're on the other side of this and listen friends. Maybe that's you and you're going to that torment.

It's a lie. Chris is here to tell you it's a lie because it does matter to. That's the very proof that you haven't rejected God and he hasn't rejected you. Hey Chris keep walking and the liberty of the spirit friends. Check out the latest videos Andy Griffith, video and entitlement totality asked Dr. Brown or my bottom line to a Jesus sets us free successfully in the